“Casey Jones”


A popular American song from the early twentieth century, about an actual American railway engineer, John Luther (“Casey”) Jones. When his train was about to crash, Casey told his assistant to jump but stayed at the controls himself and applied the brakes. Although his train crashed and Casey was killed, the passengers survived.

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How to use “Casey Jones” in a sentence

  • At last Casey Jones stopped, his legs wide apart, his head drooped and his breath whistling.

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